Posted by Tabitha on March 24, 2016, at 0:38:42
In reply to Lou's reply-creating and developing anti-Semitism » Tabitha, posted by Lou Pilder on March 23, 2016, at 20:11:58
> > Tabitha,
> You wrote about anti-Semitism here. It is much more than anti-Semitic epithets being allowed in a community that creates and develops anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism can be created and developed by historical tactics that you do not need to be a mastermind to do. Here, I see right through these tactics but others may be ignorant of them. Here is a list of the ones that are used in communities, schools, workplaces, universities ect. I would like for you to look at these.
> Lou
> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20080719/msgs/844756.html
>
>OK, I read your list. I guess I can see how you would think some of these things match what you experience here at babble:
> B. Punishing a Jew or Jews for their unique beliefs or for their refusal to accept the claimes of Christianity.
> C. Having an attitude or even a policy directed toward a Jew or Jews as a people
> D. Placing a restriction on a Jew in a community while not enforcing that same restriction on others.
> E. Using a Jew or the Jewish people as a scapegoat for problems in a community.
> F. Fueling anti-Semitic feelings by allowing ideology that purports that one faith is superior to the Jewish faith.Yes these things, if they happen, *could possibly be* symptoms of anti-Semitism in a community. But they could also be:
1. Persons of other faiths think their faiths are superior to all faiths, including the Jewish faith. Thus, stating the superiority of their faith is not necessarily anti-Semitism.
2. Persons might not like or agree with the statements of a particular person who happens to be Jewish. Reacting from this disagreement is not necessarily anti-Semitism.It's like, I am a female person. Sometimes people disagree with me, insult me, ignore me, or otherwise lead me to feel put down. But it doesn't follow that they hate female persons in general. It's possible they do, but I can't really know that, and it's not generally helpful to accuse people of misogyny.
So what I am saying Lou, is that you are more than just a Jewish person. You are a human person too, and it's possible that some conflict you face has nothing to do with Jewishness. Also, sometimes it is good to set aside one goal (warning people about anti-Semitism) in favor of a different goal, such as making friends, or exchanging information with people with similar interests.
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